Buckle



F. HIRSH Nov. 8, 1932.

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ATTORNEY l Patented Nov. 8, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRED HIRSH,F NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ADJUSTA COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK BUCKLE Application led November 3, 1931.Serial No. 572,801.

This invention relates to a buckle or slide, of the slotted-plate type,for the adjustable attachment of a strap to another stra-p or to anotherend of the same strap; and the primary object thereof is to provide aneiiicient, cheap and otherwise satisfactory buckle for fasteningtogether the straps at the back of a vest, for fastening an adjustmentstrap or straps at the waist-band of trousers, and the like.

The invention will be understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing, showing by way of illustration one practical embodiment of myimproved buckle, in which- Figure l is a plan view of the buckle; Fig. 2is a sectional view thereof on the line 22 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is an endView, from the left as shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view,similar to Fig. Q, with the end of a strap passed through the slots ofthe buckle.

As therein shown, the one-piece buckle, stamped from a metallic plate,consists of front and rear bars a and Z; and aniintermediate bar c whichare connected at their ends as, usual by side pieces. The intermediateand rear bars are offset to planes slightly above and slightly below themain body plane, respectively; and the intermediate bar is provided atits rear edge with atleast one integral tooth d bent first downwardlyand then upwardly to form` a depression d from the bottom of which thetooth projects upwardlv and rearwardly and terminates at a point notabove the plane of the upper side of the bar.

Thus, as will be apparent from Fig. 4 of the drawing, the strap, whenpassed through the slots of the buckle and subjected to tension, will bebent over and forced down upon the point of the tooth by reason of theelevation of the intermediate and/or depression of the rear bar, and,further, that due to the disposition of the tooth the strap can bereadilv released therefrom, to remove or readjust the strap, by pinchingit up and so raising it from the top of the buckle, and the garment canbe pressed without disturbing the tooth, whereas a tooth bent upwardlyfrom the edge of the bar would be fiattened down by the pressure of aheavy iron.

While I have shown and described a buckle with a single tooth at therear edge of the intermediate bar it will of course be understood thattwo or more similar teeth may be provided, if desired.

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An integral slide buckle stamped from a plate of sheet metal andhaving two end bars and a middle bar and twotransverse slots between thebars narrow relative to their length, said middle bar being in a planeabove and substantially parallel to the planes of the other bars andhaving on one of its edges a short tooth extending first downwardlythere- C5 from and then upwardly at an incline to terminate in a planenot substantially above the top of the bar.

2. An integral slide buckle stamped from a plate of sheet metal andhaving two end 7 bars and a middle bar and two transverse slots betweenthe bars narrow relative to their length, the middle and one of the endbars being pressed into'planes respectively above and below andsubstantially parallel to the plane of the second end bar and the middlebar having on one of its edges a short tooth extending therefrom firstdownwardly and then upwardly at an incline to terminate in a plane notsubstantially above the top of said middle bar.

FRED HIRSH.

